How to Change Your Twitter Header Image

Your New Twitter iPad App Profile Page

Select Edit Profile

Choose Header to Change the Image

Take a New Picture or Use and Old One

I Chose This Picture

Resize and Move Your Header Photo

Here's How Your New Header Image Looks on Your New Web-Based Profile Page

Here's How Your Updated iPad Profile Will Look

Here's How to Change it On Twitter's Web Site

Navigate to Settings and then choose "Design" from the left hand navigation.

The Top of the Design Page

Scroll down

Scroll Down to the Bottom

You'll find a new "Header" option there.

Select an Image from Your Computer

Upload the Image

You can resize and move around the image here. Please note the file size limitations.

Here's Your New Profile Page on the Web Site

Good news, Twitter lovers. Twitter has blessed all of you with a new way to dress up your profile pages: Header Images. Yes, these are a lot like Facebook and Google + cover photos, and the process for adding them is just as simple.

First, take a look at your new Twitter Profile page. No, not your homepage, the page that's called "Me" on Twitter's website and on your favorite mobile app. You can make the change through Twitter's website (via https://twitter.com/settings/design) or you can actually make the change right on your mobile device. In our case, we first chose the newly updated iPad app. That process is outlined here and in the gallery. We also did the same thing on Twitter's Web site. The process is slightly different. You'll find those details in the gallery.

Select "Header" and then choose from two options: "Take Photo" or "Choose Existing photo." The former will use your device camera to take a new image. The latter lets you select from your library of images.

Once you have an image, you can move and scale it as you please. Original image size cannot exceed 1252×626 pixels (with a max file size of 5MB). Twitter does not specify a minimum size, but anything smaller than 640 pixels wide will likely look bad.

With that done, your new header image appears behind your avatar. My first attempt, with this fireworks image makes it look as if my head is exploding. I may soon change it.

The benefit of the image appearing behind your avatar is that you can, as with Facebook cover photos and Google + cover images, create a sense of interaction between your avatar and the header image.

Have some fun and share you creations and experiences with the new apps and Twitter profile pages in the comments below.

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